Bells Oatmeal Stout

On tap. Pours dark brown/black with a small tan head. Nice aroma on this. Smooth, roasty, milk chocolate, oats, and a lot of coffee. Taste is the same, creamy, smooth and slick with a nice balance of all the flavors and nice full mouthfeel. This reminds me a lot of the Kalamazoo Stout. This was excellent.

Draft: Poured at the Eccentric Cafe, this was a dark mahogany with a medium sized white/cream head. Notes of brown sugar, chocolate malt and some mild coffee hints come through in the nose along with a bit of oat. Medium-bodied mouth feel leads to a dry, chocolate based flavor with some notes of vanilla and oat. Good stuff.

12 oz bottle shared by iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey. Poured an opaque black color. Head was light brown. Big malty aroma with lots of molasses accented by vanilla, chocolate, anise, and raisin. Assertively roasty up front and relatively sweet. Full bodied with chocolate, coffee, and raisin flavors. Another great stout by Bells.

On tap at Eccentric Cafe. Notable in its very smooth mouth feel with no bitter after taste. Not too roasty for a stout, which helps maintain that smooth body. Surprised to see it’s retired?-- since I just had it on tap.

On tap at the Eccentric Cafe. Deep chocolate brown, silky in body with ruby edges. Aroma of honey grahams, rich chocolate mousse, some burnt caramel and vegetal tones from full roasted coffee notes. Smooth and deliciously creamy; a dense doughy core of cinnamon bread, vanilla, and brown sugar. Lots of maple granolas, chocolate milkshake and heavily creamed coffee. Robust and delicate at the same time. Medium bodied, bold, and rich, while still understated and suffering not the slightest wink of black malt astringency that so commonly afflicts the oatmeal stout. Black licorice in a flourish of new sweetness in the finish. Without exception the best of its class.